Graphics card & cpu

So I went and bought a graphics card today, the ASUS GTX 970 STRIX DIRECTCU2 OC 4GB. Went home to install it. I had uninstalled the drivers for my previous GPU which i read you should. But stupid me forgot to check dimensions so I quickly realized that the card was too big for my case. Luckily I...

I want to upgrade my pc. Operating System Windows 10 Pro 64-bit CPU Intel Core i3 6100 @ 3.70GHz 61 °C Skylake 14nm Technology RAM 4.00GB Single-Channel Unknown @ 1063MHz (15-15-15-36) Motherboard MSI H110M PRO-VH PLUS (MS-7A15) (U3E1) 65 °C Graphics LG IPS WSXGA...

PC configuration - processor - i5 6500 @ 3.2GHz Mobo - Asus z170-k PSU - Corsiar VS 650 Case - Coler master force 500 Ram - g skill rip jaws (8 * 2) HDD - Seagate 7200rpm SSD - Samsung Monitor - Dell 2415H - 1920 * 1080 at 60Hz I assembled the above PC about 2 years ago How I used this...

Hello guys, I'm new here I would like to ask that can you play using a non-display port GPU such as GTX 1060 Mining Edition? Is mining edition GPUs work for gaming purposes without display attached to it? Or do I still need to reconsider to buy a display-port available GPUs? I was probably try...

Hi all, I am looking for a new laptop to serve me the coming 5 years in my work as a designer. My current VAIO flip laptop cracked the screen out of nowhere (was very disappointed with the build quality from the beginning), and the touch/active stylus functionality is now disfunctional. And in...

so i was play league of legends yesterday and i was putting a notebook under the laptop to lift it but it got pushed in a little and blocked the fans long story short : it overheated shutdown clicking the power button wouldnt do anything its just dead but the power LED would light up with...

So i bought a acer predator helios 300 , gtx 1050 ti 4gb model , core i5 8th gen and it was running really good. But now days my while gaming session there are sudden fps drops of 2-3s consistently coming after 3-4 min i searched on internet and found out that it was my cpu/gpu throttling (i...

Hi, I am planning to build a PC That will run games like heavy modded skyrim, mirror's edge, gta v and more and right now I have recently bought a GPU which is a Palit gtx 1070ti dual and about to buy a i7-8700. I heard that Palit has a terrible cooling. Do you guys have a good suggestions on...

Its a PowerColor PCS+ Radeon R9 380 4gb GDDR5. In perfect working order and never overclocked. Thanks

As I have learned from my last post (https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/can-you-make-an-fpga-run-sequential-code-and-general-purpose-computing-what-would-the-performance-be-like.3476679/), that FPGAs will not outperform any CPU in serial computing, then how will they perform against GPUs in...

Hi, I got my GPU - a Sapphire Tri X OC R9 290 about a month ago fairly used at a great deal. It when I got it, I ran Furmark stress test and noted it's performance. It was okay and it reached a peak temp of 76c. I played games on it for a couple of weeks, with no issues. Two weeks ago, I decided...

Hi everyone, my desktop doesn't boot to BIOS, or starts POST. I was having an issue with my Graphics card - it's a Sapphire Tri X OC R9 290. So in order to test the problem, I'd take the GPU in and out of the system and turn it on, in order to test if it was working. This morning after...

I am planning to make a desktop with AMD Ryzen 7 2700x CPU. I will use it for CAD, Rendering and Engineering Simulation. More specifically, I'll run Solidworks, ANSYS, Keyshot, AutoCAD, these softwares. Now, considering the Ryzen 7 2700x CPU which Graphics card will give me the best performance...

So i've came across a proble where my pc will not boot up after i installed new gpu.The case and the mouse are the only thing that will light up while the monitor display the no signal message. Here are my specs i7 2600 3.4Ghz RAM 8gb ELSA GTX470 ASROCK H67DE3 PSU= Thermaltake dps G RGB650...

Hi, I have a Corsair TX650M in my build that I bought recently because my last PSU failed. I saw it had really good ratings and the 650 watts is plenty for my current specs. However, I am thinking of upgrading my RX480 to either a Vega 56 or 64. I'm just wondering if it is wise to attempt to run...

Hello everyone, I am dealing with a situation with my computer where I am getting these short 5 or so second freezes. It may happen once every 30 minutes to an hour. I have been running MSI After burner and it looks like during the freezes, GPU usage %, FB usage %, Core clock MHz, and Memory...

Hi there! someone please help me. I have Intel core 2 duo CPU, 4 GB ram ddr3, no graphics card i have. I am confused which one should i buy for my PC. I really like games. Without graphics card i can't play smooth game. I have no idea about graphics card, so if u help me to find out a graphics...

So i got this new pc with i5 9600k, rtx 2070 msi armor OC, 16 gb ddr4 3000 RAM and i get 60 fps pre game and 144 fps only in OW. I know my system can push it up more but it get stuck there. Can anybody help me, i want to get more out of my system :)

Hi I have a Ryzen 2700x gigabyte ultra gaming x470, 16gb 3200 g.skill trident and an evga 2080 xc ultra card and an acre predator x34 100hz monitor. I was just comparing 3D marks fire strikes score and it seems like my score is so low compared to everyone else’s I did 2 tests. First one was with...

hi and I wanted to ask what would make a better upgrade at the moment I got no graphics card and I got an Intel Pentium G3250 I wanted to know if it would be better to either buy an core i5-4690k for an upgrade or to buy a graphics card also my budget is £150 any help will be appreciated...

My friend has a 1080 and gets 350 fps while streaming on high and low settings and i get around 200 with one application open. Here is my build https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/ETRUL0F2PIAA?ref_=wl_share I am struggling to get over 200 fps on Fortnite on low settings. Also, here's a...

Hello everyone! I'm planning on getting a new card and I've read about this RX 570 card, which got me very interested. But I'm scared my i3 4160 could severely bottleneck it. I'm also planning on playing on a 1366x768 res.

Hello there again! So, I wanted to play Battlefield 3, so I started it up and did a quick match. Upon starting up, the game was lagging like crazy, I waited for 10 minutes, still lagging crazy(by lagging I mean 1-2 FPS) I don't know what to do, I hope I get help again!